Posted by Mezo from IP 196.218.143.112 on November 30, 2006 at 23:48:00:
Hey jasmine , when u say text book do u mean kaplan notes????as these r not considered text books , they r review books & when i said read them 3-4 times i didn't mean now , i mean overall , but u've to take into consideration that there was a gap between the last time u read them b4 the last exam. and the time u started preparing again , so u should feel whether u digested these books or still need 1 more review , either way if u need 1 more review it shouldn't be now , ur schedule now is so great , goljan rapid review( i think this is the 1 u use ) is a great book , my friend who took the exam last tuesday told me that most of the exam. r pathophysiology qs so u should stress on that part very well , also he had a lot of CTs & from them u can get Anatomy qs , pathophysiology qs and even immunology qs ,so stress on those too.
Now i see ur situation more clearly , and it was a clever thinking of u to do NBME now (do it after u get done with kaplan q-bank & q-book), just do one form and use the assessment to plan ur further prep. so u review kaplan notes in the areas u got low on NBME then i think u should do UW , learn the qs their very well and take notes from them , then do the next form of NBME to see whether ur score gone up or what? & so on .
I have last 2 advices to u -->
1st u've to divide ur time between review and solving qs and the more u become nearer to the test u should spend more time on qs , the more u review the more u get mastering of the topics & the more u solve qs the more u get in depth understanding of these topics.
2nd u've to get notes of the clever qs , the new concepts for u or the qs that u got wrong , and review those with ur further review , so that u r building up ur knowledge and experience.
Wish u all the best and let me know if u need any thing , but forgive me if i was late in answering as i'm currently in the army and i only log on the forum when i'm in a vacation .
if u want i can drop ur mail for me & i'll contact u there , will be a better communication between us.
GL